Book Collectors of Stanford: An Eclectic Eight Who Shaped the Stanford University Libraries (1991)
Author: John Y. ColeDescription: 79 p. Essays about the most important book collectors who donated to Stanford University during its first fifty years, 1891-1941. The collectors are: Jane and Leland Stanford, Timothy Hopkins, David Starr Jordan, Thomas Welton Stanford, John Casper Branner, Herbert Hoover, Kate Felton Elkins, and Frederick E. Brasch. An appendix includes a list of 18 notable donors between 1891 and 1991, and a selection of private gifts donated to 17 other California libraries and research centers. Published by the California State Library Foundation. Introduction by David C. Weber.Links: LC catalog entry

Capital Libraries and Librarians: A Brief History of the District of Columbia Library Association, 1894-1994 (1994)
Author: John Y. ColeDescription: 76 p. An illustrated overview of the history of the District of Columbia Library Association, published in celebration of its centenary.Links: LC catalog entry |News release (June 28, 1994) | LCIB coverage (issue 58.10)

Libraries, Citizens & Advocacy: The Lasting Effects for Two White House Conferences on Library and Information Services(2004)
Author: Virginia H. MathewsDescription: 20 p. An assessment of the outcomes of the 1970 and 1991 White House conferences on libraries and information services. Links: LC catalog entry | LCIB coverage (issue 63.7)

Libraries and Scholarly Communication in the United States: The Historical Dimension (1990)
Author: Edited by Phyllis Dain and John Y. ColeDescription: 148 p. Papers by six scholars presented at a Library of Congress symposium co-sponsored with the School of Library Service at Columbia University on October 29-31, 1987, published by Greenwood Press. Links: LC catalog entry |LCIB coverage (issue 47.16) | LCIB coverage (issue 49.16)

Library History Seminar X Convenes (February 2001)
Author: LCIB staffDescription: Article from LCIB issue 60.2 (p. 50-51) describing from a library history perspective the first two days of the Library of Congress Bicentennial symposium on October 23-27, 2000.Links: Full article

On the History of Libraries and Scholarship (1980)
Author: Ian WillisonDescription: 25 p. Viewpoint No. 4. A Paper Presented Before the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association, June 26, 1979. Reprinted 1986.Links: LC catalog entry